CRITICISM

Carson, Ricks. “Thomas's ‘A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London.’” The Explicator 54, no. 4 (summer 1996): 240-42.

Discusses the complexity of Thomas's views on the afterlife as evidenced by the language of one of his most famous poems.

Greenway, William. “Dylan Thomas and ‘The Flesh's Vision.’” College Literature 16, no. 3 (1989): 274-80.

Exploration of the various perspectives employed by Thomas in his poetry.

Jackaman, Rob. “Man and Mandala: Symbol as Structure in a Poem by Dylan Thomas.” Ariel 7, no. 4 (October 1976): 22-33.

Analysis of the symbolic structure of “I See the Boys of Summer.”

Linebarger, Jim Lad Kirsten. “Thomas's ‘Shall Gods Be Said to Thump the Clouds.’” The Explicator 48, no. 3 (spring 1990): 212-15.

Contends that Thomas's poem is far more complicated than its simple style suggests.

Moylan, Christopher. “Thomas's ‘O Make Me a Mask.’” The Explicator 54, no. 1 (fall 1995): 39-42.

Suggests that Thomas's poem anticipates postmodern anxiety about authorship and its relationship to the text.

Nemerov, Howard. “The Generation of Violence.” In Critical Essays on Dylan Thomas, edited by Georg Gaston, pp. 20-26. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall, 1989.

Maintains that most of Thomas's poetry is characterized by an attempt to avoid structure based on a narrative, linear progression.

Thwaite, Anthony. “Dylan Thomas (1914-1953).” In Twentieth-Century English Poetry: An Introduction, pp. 72-80. London, England: Heinemann, 1978.

Discussion of Thomas's poetry with special attention to “After the Funeral.”

Treece, Henry. “Relations to Surrealism.” In Dylan Thomas: ‘Dog Among the Fairies,’ pp. 21-9. New York, N.Y.: John de Graff, 1956.

Explanation of the similarities and differences between Thomas and the Surrealists, with whom the poet is often linked.

Wardi, Eynel. “Poem on His Birthday.” In Once below a Time: Dylan Thomas, Julia Kristeva, and Other Speaking Subjects, pp. 35-60. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2000.

Offers an analysis of Thomas's “Poem on His Birthday.”

Additional coverage of Birney's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 45; British Writers Supplement, Vol. 1; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Vol. 1945-1960; Contemporary Authors, Vol. 120; Contemporary Authors-Brief Entry, Vol. 104; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 65; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 13, 20, 139; Discovering Authors; Discovering Authors 3.0; Discovering Authors: British; Discovering Authors: Canadian Edition; Discovering Authors Modules: Drama, Most Studied, Poetry; Exploring Poetry; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 2; Poetry for Students, Vols. 1, 3, 8; Poets: American and British; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Short Story Criticism, Vols. 3, 44; Something About the Author, Vol. 60; Twayne's English Authors; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 8, 45, 105; World Literature and Its Times, Vol. 4; World Literature Criticism; and World Poets.